Ducklings saved from storm drain in Kent

It’s not just cats in trees that firefighters rescue. Tuesday morning in Kent, 13 ducklings that were trapped in a storm drain were rescued by three firefighters.

Firefighters got the report of the trapped ducklings from someone on 116th Avenue Southeast.

Firefighters Steve Smith and Brent Flatness reached into the drain and rescued the ducklings.

“They placed the ducklings in a bucket and released them in the pond across the street,” Deputy Fire Marshal Don Barberie said. “The mother duck, who had been flying around watching the rescue, returned to the pond to care for her ducklings.”